The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-05-28

everybody KNOWS, is LuG mOSo ShulAlAS
and offensive form of falsehood The
motive will be plain enough, if We
mark what was taking place elsewhere
in the three days throughout which, as
Trench pretends, he and his principal
were ignorant of the terms agreed on at
Kildare. These terms, as we have said,
were telegraphed by somebody on Fri
day, April 22, to London and to Cam
ada, and within few hours afterwards
two incidents of some Importance to
Lord I.ansdowne occurred. On the enc
hand, Mr.. O'Brien WAS prevailed upon,
in view Of the compromise arranged, TO-
to give up his previously fixed lnten-
ton Of leaving Liverpool for Canada OF
the next Cay, April 2S. On the other
hand, certain well-nleauing but, as the
event proved, too credulous Irisll-Cana-
diaDs, being made acquainted with the
telegram reciting the terms OF accom-
modatjon, were induced to make for
isfaction that concessions had been
made to Lord Lansdowne's tenants, and
adding hope that MI. O'Brien world
now deem his purposed visit rnnecess~
April e, cabled to England, while on
the same day the fact that Mr.. O']srielz
had allowed the steamer to leave lAiVer~
pool without him WAS telegraphed to
SO ot; hot
steamer mightbe oyertaken at Queens
town, so nothing With regard to Lord
Lansdoune's intentions was djyu]gsd
until Monday, April 25, when Lis lord
ships agent, MI, Trench announced
that he 1epudiatsd tbs arrangement
made by MIR, Dennirg, and would giant
no relief to the ordinary occupants at
Luggacrrran.
We submit that these dates and ci1-
cunstanceS are conclusive. They con-
vict tl.e author Of the letter cabled to.
the Herald of something even more VIII
famous and base than the pitiless eject
raent OF a half starved peasantly frouss
their on'y shelter upon earth. This let.
Ter fails as utterly to free Lord LaDs-
downe froEa moral as from legal respon~
sibi(ity. In any event. he would be
justly held account table for tlle procesd~
ings Of his agent in pursuance Of the
axiom qgli facit per alum facit per sey
But in this case ne cannut even plead
ignorance in partial excnlpation. Al
though it is TOW twelve days since his:
agents rejection Of the kildare conl-~
promise was known jll Ottawa: yet dur
ing all that time his lordship had never
disavoweG OF modified The act More
over, the facts prove tia5 the terms al
ranged by Den1ling were known TO-
Lord Lansdowne at least Two days be-
fore they were publicly rejected 10
him as to other men ocean cables are
open, and it is certain tbat dispatches OF
some sort on the subject we're passing
to and fro. The Vjeeroy OF Canada is;
therefore morally as we'll as legally guilty
Of che crime against humanity for which
ne is soon to be arraigned, for if he did
not literally dictate it. he had two days
in which word from him would have
averted il. On his head and not OH The
convenient shoulders Of his London
agent rests the whole blame for a>trans~
action which is hardly in itself more
odious than the trick by which the
author of the letter cabled to the Her.
aid has assayed to gull the public.
When, seventeen years ago, Bishop
Caspar I'll. Borgess. succeeded the late
Bishop Rese in the government OF the
diocese Of Detroit, itincluded the whole
of the Southern peninsula Of Michigan.
Five years ago the great growth of the
Church in this section necessitated the
creation Of the new diocese OF Grand
Rapids. AT the advent Of Bishop Ror-
CESS there was but 50 priests and SO
churches in the Southern peninsula.
Now, in the diocese Of Detroit alone
there are over 1870 priests and 1866
churches Catholic free schools wera
few and scattered. Early in his ad-
Bishop Borgess. planted
the parochial school system in his dio-
cese. Now there are A of these schoois
and more building-with an attendance
of nearly 10000 children. He further
founded diocesan seminary, and in-
tIoduced into the diocese the Capuchin
and the Redemptorist priests, the Nuns
Of the Good Shepherd and the Little
Sisters Of the Poor. There is great re-.
gret among the priests and people folr
the retirement of Bishop Borgess. and
still more for its cause, his declining
health. The clergy of the deaneries Of
Detroit, Kalamazoo, etc, have pre-
sented the Bishop with testimonials of
their sympathy and affection. The
Vicar General, the Very Rev Edward
Joos, has been appointed Administra~
tor of the Diocese.--Boston Pilot.
An epidemic of small pox is raging
On the upper banks of the Amazon.
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